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MHS Email Newsletter November/December 2004 Welcome! Welcome to the November/December edition of @MHS! This bi-monthly newsletter will keep you informed of events and milestones at the MHS and will provide updates on new publications and website exhibitions. We hope you will find this newsletter useful and informative. Please send your feedback to webmaster@masshist.org — we would love to hear from you. 
 Object of the Month This month's Object of the Month is a certificate of attendance at Dr. John Warren's course of anatomical lectures. The certificate was engraved by Paul Revere and printed in 1780. Click here to see the Object of the Month. Coming in December: Ben Franklin's holiday punch recipe! Upcoming Events Thursday, November 18 
Boston Immigration and Urban History SeminarPanel Discussion: "Plugging in to Urban and Ethnic History: A Panel Discussion on Web-Based Teaching and Research" Thursday, December 2 Boston Area Early American History Seminar Peter Leavenworth of the University of New Hampshire "Confrontations of Taste: American and European Standards of Musical Aesthetics" Tuesday, December 7 Boston Environmental History Seminar James C. O'Connell of the National Park Service "Shaping the Built Landscape of Suburban Boston" Click here for a complete list of upcoming events. 
Call for Fellowship Applications Are you interested in spending a term or a year doing research at the MHS? The postmark application deadline for MHS/NEH Fellowships is January 15, 2005. Click here for information on applying. The MHS is also accepting fellowship applications from public and/or parochial/independent K-12 schoolteachers and media specialists for the Summer 2005 Adams and Swensrud Teacher Fellowship Programs. Click here for more information. 
Happy Holidays!The staff at MHS would like to wish you a happy holiday season with these (somewhat unusual!) items from the collections at the MHS that we have featured in years past. Ben Franklin Tries to Electrocute a Turkey Santa Claus Bank Note This e-mail newsletter is provided to subscribers who have voluntarily elected to receive it or have had past business dealings with MHS (in accordance with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 and our privacy policy). If you no longer wish to receive these e-mails, click the link at the bottom of this message to unsubscribe immediately. If you wish to change your e-mail address, please e-mail your request to membership@masshist.org, with your full name, old e-mail, and new e-mail. |